*Kudos if you know the singer of the song used in today's post title. :)*
As many of you may know by now, my daughter M dances. A lot. It can get quite expensive but the joy she gets from it far outweighs the expense.
Sunday was one of those wicked busy dance days. M and I were out of the house from 12-8 and we both totally crashed soon after we got home. She had a rehearsal and an audition, both for local sports teams as a junior dancer/cheerleader.
First she had her Redskins rehearsal for the halftime performance they're doing during the game this week. In July, she attended a dance camp for the Jr. Redskins All-Stars dance team. During that week they learned two routines that were used as both an audition to join the group and for this week's game performance. She didn't make the squad, but will happily be dancing during halftime Thursday.
She's the little one on the front row. :)
After that rehearsal, we literally hauled hiney to D.C. for the audition. She was trying out for the Jr. Wizards dance team, Capital Kidz, that performs during the Washington Wizards basketball games.
It was the longest 2 hours of my life!
They started all the dancers in one room to learn a hip hop dance. It quickly became obvious that the dance was too hard for some of the dancers (mostly smaller with less experience), M being one of them. They moved about 20 dancers into another room and taught them an easier hip hop dance.
I kept going upstairs and peeking through the window, watching M dance. I could tell it was tough for her, but I was proud that she was sticking with it.
Taking a break while others dance.
At 7:30 they invited the parents upstairs for the audition results. We were told that if our child came out of the room, they didn't make the squad. At this point I started praying I didn't see M.
I watched through the window as girls started heading over to the corner by one of the adults. From outside the room, we couldn't tell if that was good or not. I saw M walk over to the corner and I turned to my friend and said: "She's walking over to Vihky."
Friend: "Is that good?"
Me: "I can't tell." "Wait, they're smiling. No, they're clapping. OMG, she made it!"
I started hopping up and down and acting like a loon! SHE MADE IT!!!! Woot! We were invited into the room and given paperwork telling us rehearsal schedules, fees and other pertinent information.
We weren't even out the front door of the building before M was on my phone telling people she'd made it. She was so excited and proud.
Heck, so am I!
If you happen to be in the D.C. area in the next few months and you catch a Wizards game, be watching for her. She'll be the little one, dancing her heart out! :0)
DS Passion
